Vardhamana Jnatrputra See MAHAVIRA.

variable, response See REGRESSION ANALYSIS.

variable, free See VARIABLE.

variable, value of See ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT,. VARIABL.

variable, state See STATE.

variable, regressor See REGRESSION ANALYSIS.

variable, bound See ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT,. VARIABL.

variable in logic and mathematics, a symbol interpreted so as to...

Vanini Giulio Cesare (c.1584–1619), Italian philosopher, a Renaissance Aristotelian who studied...

value, inherent See VALUE.

value, intrinsic See VALUE.

value of a variable See ONTOLOGICAL COMMITMENT,. VARIABL. value theory, also called axiology, the...

valid having the property that a well-formed formula, argument, argument form,...

value, cognitive See FREGE.

Vaihinger Hans (1852–1933), German philosopher best known for Die Philosophie des...

Valentinus (A.D. 100–65), Christian gnostic teacher. He was born in Alexandria,...

Vair, Guillaume du See DU VAIR.

value, contributive See VALUE.

value, instrumental See VALUE.

Valla Lorenzo (c.1407–57), Italian humanist and historian who taught rhetoric in...

vagueness a property of an expression in virtue of which it...

value, surplus See MARX.

value the worth of something. Philosophers have discerned these main forms:...

Valentinianism a form of Christian gnosticism of Alexandrian origin, founded by...

Uttara Mimamsa See ADVAITA, VEDANTA.

utility, ordinal See UTILITARIANISM.

vacuous truth See IMPLICATION.

utility, transferable See GAME THEORY, UTILITARI -. ANIS.

utility, cardinal See UTILITARIANISM.

utterer’s meaning See MEANING.